Comments on: Thai Sticky Rice Containers

By: Keara

Keara — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:47 +0000

thank you for the nice explaining:)
khob khun kha

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:29:19 +0000

Nice… I’ve never bothered with souvenirs on my previous trips to Thailand – I travel light, and am too lazy to visit the Post Office and send back stuff – but on my next LoS trip I’ll be buying a few of these sticky rice container puppies for my (soon to come) first house! I’ve got a Japanese Zojirushi rice cooker on order that can apparently cook all sorts of rice, so looking forward to my first sticky rice meal!

By: expatudon08

expatudon08 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:39:42 +0000

simple but informative post we have all sizes at are home in the uk and they get used everyday i love sticky rice we buy it buy the 10 kilo bag from leeds

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:41:43 +0000

Talen, I’ve really enjoyed this post. You have observed the process so closely and detailed it so clearly. It’s good to see someone recognizing and appreciating the sort of natural technology the Thais (especially in Isan) are so good at. Hoping to see more like this (no pressure!).
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By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:32:36 +0000

‘it’s absolutely not low calorie and probably causes cancer’

ou got that right. I’m SO the same. If I love it, then it has a good chance of being bad for me.

Twice a month I go shopping and bring back sticky rice with mango and coconut cream to share with Go?ong (it’s an easy sanook thing to do).

And I always feel so guilty from consuming something so sweet.

Guilt is, I believe, a part of the attraction

By: Talen

Talen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:14:49 +0000

Hmm I have also heard that the sticky rice is lower in calories but I just don’t know.

What I do know…Catherine…is that the sticky rice with mango and coconut cream is my favorite thing in the world so that means it’s absolutely not low calorie and probably causes cancer

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:19:10 +0000

I was surprised when I read that sticky rice was lower in calories too (which is why I remembered it). But I believe I was surprised because of what I often eat with sticky rice – mango and coconut cream…

If I can find that quote I’ll put it here (I did a quick cruise round and could not find it)
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By: Talen

Talen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:34:01 +0000

Thanks Malcolm.

I could take a few classes on basket weaving and never come close to what Pookie’s Aunt and Mother can do. The funny thing is they don’t think they are good weavers but if you saw their work you’d be astounded at the complex detail they weave into the patterns. And they weave very fast while never skipping a beat on the gossip front.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:29:29 +0000

You’ve posted some cracking village life photos with this one, now my heart pines for Wilai’s village. The sticky rice baskets, don’t go to the Wat without one.

Wi’s mother sets off every morning with some food and her basket of sticky rice to offer to the monks at the village temple and I’ve never really thought much about these little containers until this post. I’ve never seen anyone make one but having read this then I now know what effort and social joy goes into crafting them.

Catherine’s comment about sticky rice being lower in calories interests me because young Wilai seems to think the opposite, now I’m confused. I’ll have one more drool over the village pics then I’m off, it’ll soon be time for a few lunchtime beers. I really do enjoy time off work.
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By: malcolm

malcolm — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:19:08 +0000

Talen , a simply wonderful post on the subject and from the heart of someone who feels close to the folks he is writing about .I love sticky rice and it great to eat with lap, and other Thai dishes. We took several of them to the USA when we went for my daughter-in -law who teaches cooking lessons in a private setting in her own kitchen, she was so happy to get them ,it made her Thai classes real authentic,she loved them. also Ciejay has a few on her night stand to keep her jewerly in, works great.I think a class in basket weaving would be necessary for me to make those baskets , but would love to try.Thanks for the great pictures to “you done good ” Malcolm

By: Talen

Talen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:15:26 +0000

Cat, The baskets can last for years. The family house in Nakhon Phanom had at least 20 of them in varying sizes. The one Mama is preparing for in the photos was for me but she didn’t finish it in time before I left.

I think the older ones get retired at some point but what that point is I don’t know.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:38:55 +0000

Talen, thank you for writing this post as I’ve always wondered about the sticky rice containers.

I don’t eat a lot of rice, but when I do, I prefer sticky rice (it’s also supposed to be lower in calories or something healthy like that).

The Issan restaurant I go to across the way uses the sticky rice containers, but with plastic baggies inside (makes sense as they need to reuse them).

So do you know how many times a regular Thai household uses each of the containers? I mean, is making the little baskets a weekly or monthly thing?

I would LOVE to know how to make the baskets. I guess that should be on my list of things to do when I finally make my leap to staying with a Thai family for a week or so.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:25:12 +0000

Talen I had a rice cooker like this in the UK (probably from China) but could never get decent rice!
Its only since I have been here that I have learned the secret of cooking great rice.
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